The three men accused of killing venture capitalist Raveesh Kumra in his Monte Sereno mansion late last year made off with a coin collection, jewelry and cash, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday that offers a few fresh details about what happened on a violent November night shrouded in legal secrecy.

Kumra, a tech investor who once owned The Mountain Winery in Saratoga, was killed on Nov. 30 at age 66, the first homicide in the small, affluent town since 1972. Police say his wife, Harinder, called 911 after being beaten by three people, who also ransacked the opulent, 7,000-square-foot gated home.

The complaint reveals the nature of the loot for the first time, as well as the fact that all three men have prior convictions either for residential burglary or possession of drugs for sale. It also contends that the evidence against the men includes written threats to badly injure or kill Kumra and/or his wife. One man was on probation or parole at the time of his alleged participation.

Los Gatos police investigators, who are spearheading a regional task-force effort to solve the murder, have been extremely closemouthed about the ongoing investigation, and a judge has sealed the court file at the request of prosecutors. But the criminal complaint is public information.

Prior trouble

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One of the three men, Javier R. Garcia, was formally charged Wednesday with the same six felony counts they each face -- including murder during the commission of a robbery. Garcia was arrested Dec. 27 in Oakland.

The robbery is a "special circumstance'' that qualifies all of the men for the death penalty -- if District Attorney Jeff Rosen decides to seek it.

Typically in Santa Clara County, prosecutors use the death penalty as leverage to get defendants to plead guilty in exchange for life without parole. The aim is to spare witnesses and relatives from having to endure a trial while protecting the public.

Garcia, 21, appeared in court for less than three minutes Wednesday, wearing a red jail uniform indicating his classification as an alleged high-risk offender. He did not speak. According to the complaint, he was on either probation or parole for possessing drugs for sale at the time of Kumra's death.

One of his alleged accomplices, Lukis D. Anderson, 26, was arraigned last week. He was arrested while in custody in Santa Clara County for another, unspecified charge. Another alleged accomplice, Deangelo J. Austin, 21, is set to be charged Thursday.

Gang enhancement

In addition to special-circumstance murder, the men are charged with one count each of first-degree robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, and two counts each of false imprisonment.

All three are also charged with making written criminal threats to badly injure or kill the couple via an unspecified "electronic device," most likely using a cellphone to text.

A fourth suspect, Raven Chanel Dixon, 22, of Alameda, was arraigned late last month ﻿on suspicion of being an accessory to homicide with a gang enhancement in connection with Kumra's death. There's no indication -- at least so far -- that any of the three men charged with murder are affiliated with a gang.